The Missing Mummy
By Ron Roy
Grades 2-5; Genre – Mystery; GRL N; AR pts: 1.0
It’s Mummy Monday at the museum, and Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are going to see a new Egyptian exhibit. It features a child mummy in an actual tomb! But then the mummy is stolen and the tomb robbed of its treasure. Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unravel the mystery and return the mummy to its rightful resting place?
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Why did the kids want to go to the museum? All
week long they were having programs that looked fun p.2 - How did the kids earn money for the programs? They
helped clean out Josh’s barn and his dad paid them p.3 - What’s the exhibit at the museum the kids went
to? An Egyptian exhibit with mummies p.5
Chapter 2
- What’s an ancient Egyptian coffin called? A Sarcophagus
p.11 - What’s each mummy wrapped in? strips of linen
cloth p.13 - Where did Ruth Rose find the missing mummy? In
the girl’s restroom p.16
Chapter 3
- Describe what the kids thought the mummy snatcher
might have done to get away? She might have disguised herself after taking
the mummy in the restroom p.20 - Where did the kids go to look for the lady who
took the mummy? Back into the tomb p.22 - Why are the kids trapped inside the tomb? While
they were in there, the tomb entrance closed p.24
Chapter 4
- Describe what it was like for the kids when
they were locked inside the tomb? Cold, creepy, quiet p.27 - What did the kids do to get more comfortable
after sitting on the gravel/ground? Ruth Rose found carpet squares in a closet,
so they spread them out in the closet and laid on them p.29 - What woke up the kids while they were sleeping
in the closet? A huge blast that shook the closet p.30
Chapter 5
- Who appeared after the blast and what were they
doing? two thieves; stealing the treasure p.33 - How did the thieves get into the tomb? They blew
a hole into the building from outside p.35 - Who came by Dink’s house the next day and why? Officers
Peters and Washington; to ask the kids questions about the thieves p.38
Chapter 6
- Why did the kids want to go back to the museum? It
was Tyrannosaurus rex Tuesday p.43 - Why did the kids go sit at the back of the museum?
They were early, it was hot, and they wanted to sit in the shade p.44 - What did Josh smell when the thieves broke into
the museum? French fries p.51
Chapter 7
- Why did the kids decide to go check out Aunt
Freda’s Fabulous Fries? Because Josh had smelled French fries during the
theft, there might be a connection p.56 - Describe what the kids discovered at the
restaurant? A woman with short hair works there; Ruth Rose realized she has
short dark hair like the woman who came out of the restroom; Dink realized she
walked like one of the thieves; Josh realized she smells like French fries p.62
Chapter 8
- How did the kids get the opportunity to go into
the kitchen and look around? Ruth Rose told Aunt Freda that Dink wanted to
know how to make her French fries p.63 - What evidence did the kids find in the kitchen? They
saw a black gym bag and a black jacket that’s short enough to see a white line
of an apron underneath; Josh found a pebble like the gravel in the tomb p.66
Chapter 9
- Explain Dink’s dream? He was trapped in
the tomb alone and the mummies came toward him, he felt a cold hand on his
shoulder and the mummy’s linen strips were wrapping around him p.69 - Where does Dink think the treasure is hidden? In
the small sarcophagus p.73 - Why do the kids think Dr. Tweed was one of the
thieves? Someone had to set the bomb inside the tomb and the treasure would
have been too heavy to carry it far, so he hid it in the sarcophagus knowing he’d
be able to get to it p.73
Chapter 10
- What did the kids and police officers find in the
tomb? Dr. Tweed holding a gym bag p.78 - Where were Dr. Tweed and the woman from the
restaurant flying to and why? Europe; to sell the treasures p.79 - Where did the officers take Dr. Tweed and the
woman? To jail p.82